15 Apr 1986
CHAN YIN PAN V. EASTERN TIME LIMITED AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHAN YIN PAN V. EASTERN TIME LIMITED AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA7922/1982
Li Fung created the dangerous situation by illegally storing toluene in a communal toilet and breached statutory and common law duties and is liable in negligence to both the plaintiff and the deceased's estate; Wah Yip was not liable because it did not create nor know of the danger and took reasonable steps; Eastern Time owed a duty to its employee and breached it by failing to communicate warnings so is liable to the plaintiff but, lacking control and lacking knowledge of the specific combined risk (flood plus uncapped thinner tins), is not liable to the deceased's estate; apportionment bet…